ARTICLE 16. Wards—Commencement of Proceedings

Heading of Article 16 renumbered from Article 7 by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068.

§§ 650–664 · 30 sections

§ 650 (a) Juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court pursuant to Section 601 are commenced by the filing of a petition by the probation…
§ 651 Proceedings under this chapter may be commenced either in the juvenile court for the county in which a minor resides, or in which a minor is found, or in which…
§ 651.5 For purposes of this article, “community-based organization” means a public or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated effectiveness that is…
§ 652 Whenever the probation officer has cause to believe that there was or is within the county, or residing therein, a person within the provisions of Section 601…
§ 652.5 (a) Whenever an officer refers or delivers a minor pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 626, the agency to which the minor is referred or delivered shall…
§ 653 Whenever any person applies to the probation officer or the district attorney in accordance with subdivision (e) of Section 601.3, to commence proceedings in…
§ 653.1 Notwithstanding Section 653, in the case of an affidavit alleging that the minor is a person described in Section 602, the probation officer shall cause the…
§ 653.5 (a) Whenever any person applies to the probation officer to commence proceedings in the juvenile court, the application shall be in the form of an affidavit…
§ 653.7 If the probation officer does not take action under Section 654 and does not file a petition in juvenile court within 21 court days after the application, or…
§ 654 (a) In any case in which a probation officer, after investigation of an application for a petition or any other investigation the probation officer is…
§ 654.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 654 or any other provision of law, in any case in which a minor has been charged with a violation of Section 23140 or 23152 of the…
§ 654.2 (a) If a petition has been filed by the prosecuting attorney to declare a minor a ward of the court under Section 602, the court may, without adjudging the…
§ 654.3 (a) A minor shall not be eligible for the program of supervision set forth in Section 654 or 654.2 in the following cases, except where the interests of…
§ 654.4 Any minor who is placed in a program of supervision set forth in Section 654 or 654.2 for a violation of an offense involving the unlawful possession, use,…
§ 654.6 A program of supervision pursuant to Section 654 or 654.2 for any minor described in Section 602 shall include constructive assignments that will help the…
§ 655 (a) When any person has applied to the probation officer, pursuant to Section 653, to request commencement of juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a…
§ 655.5 When an officer has referred or delivered a minor pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 626, and the referral agency does not initiate a service program for…
§ 656 A petition to commence proceedings in the juvenile court to declare a minor a ward of the court shall be verified and shall contain all of the following: (a)…
§ 656.1 Any petition alleging that the minor is a person described by Section 602 shall specify as to each count whether the crime charged is a felony or a misdemeanor.
§ 656.2 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a victim shall have the right to present a victim impact statement in all juvenile court hearings concerning petitions…
§ 656.5 Any petition filed in juvenile court to commence proceedings pursuant to this chapter that is not verified may be dismissed without prejudice by such court.
§ 657 (a) Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the juvenile court shall set the same for hearing within 30 days, except as follows: (1) In the case of a…
§ 658 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the juvenile court shall issue a notice, to which shall be attached a…
§ 659 The notice shall contain all of the following: (a) The name and address of the person to whom the notice is directed. (b) The date, time, and place of the…
§ 660 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if the minor is detained, the clerk of the juvenile court shall cause the notice and copy of the petition to be…
§ 660.5 (a) This section shall be known as the Expedited Youth Accountability Program. It shall be operative in the superior court in Los Angeles County. It shall also…
§ 661 (a) In addition to the notice provided in Sections 658 and 659, the juvenile court may issue a citation directing any parent, guardian, or foster parent of the…
§ 662 In case such citation cannot be served, or the person served fails to obey it, or in any case in which it appears to the court that the citation will probably…
§ 663 (a) Whenever a petition has been filed in the juvenile court alleging that a minor comes within the provisions of Section 601 or 602 of this code and praying…
§ 664 (a) The district attorney or the attorney of record for the minor may issue, and upon request of the probation officer, the minor, or the minor’s parent,…